Andy Murray has played down the significance of the shock exits of both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to his own chances of winning Wimbledon.

When the draw for the men’s singles was made last week, Murray appeared to face the tougher half with a prospective quarter-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world No6, followed by a semi-final against Federer or Nadal.

But Nadal crashed out on day one and was followed yesterday by an injured Tsonga and a seemingly out-of-sorts Federer.

However, Murray, for whom No15 seed Nicolas Almagro is now the highest-ranked player in his half of the draw, insisted such results would have no bearing, at least for the time being.

“Everyone was so obsessed with how the draw was and now everyone wants to change their views on it because a few guys have lost,” said Murray, who comfortably saw off Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-3, 7-5, in the second round on Court No1 yesterday.

“There’s a lot of good players still left in the tournament, a lot of young guys coming through as well, like [Ernests] Gulbis and [Jerzy] Janowicz.

“Those sorts of guys are starting to break through and play more consistently.

“Upsets happen every single day and you can’t take any matches for granted. People want to do that often and just write people through to finals or semi-finals or whatever. But it doesn’t work that way. You need to be ready for every match.”

Despite Murray’s comments, his passage to a potential final against Novak Djokovic has been made much easier by the departure of such key players.

And his next opponent, Tommy Robredo, is hardly the sort to keep him lying awake at night.

The Spaniard may well have had a superb year following a long injury lay-off and returning from the fringes of men’s tennis to the elite once more but by his own admission he is not comfortable on grass.

The 31-year-old’s record at Wimbledon testifies to that — in 11 attempts he has got no further than the third round.

But Murray warned: “Tommy fights right until the last point. Last year he had some injury problems but when he’s not injured he has been in the top 20 in the world for a number of years.

“He knows how to win tennis matches so it’s going to be a tough match for me.”